Коралловый остров

Chapter 26

           Ithadnotdiedawaywhenanotherandanothersmoteuponmythrobbingear,andthenIsawthattheseinhumanmonsterswereactuallylaunchingtheircanoeoverthelivingbodiesoftheirvictims.Buttherewasnopityinthebreastsofthesemen.Forwardtheywentinruthlessindifference,shoutingastheywent,whilehighabovetheirvoicesrangthedyingshrieksofthosewretchedcreaturesas,oneafteranother,theponderouscanoepassedoverthem,bursttheeyeballsfromtheirsockets,andsentthelife-bloodgushingfromtheirmouths.Ohreader,thisisnofiction!Iwouldnot,forthesakeofthrillingyouwithhorror,inventsoterribleascene.Itwaswitnessed.Itistruetrueasthataccursedsinwhichhasrenderedthehumanheartcapableofsuchdiabolicalenormities!

           WhenitwasoverIturnedroundandfelluponthegrasswithadeepgroan;butBillseizedmebythearm,andliftingmeupasifIhadbeenachild,cried:

           "Comealong,lad;let’saway!"Andso,staggeringandstumblingoverthetangledunderwood,wefledfromthefatalspot.

           DuringtheremainderofthatdayIfeltasifIwereinahorribledream.Iscarceknewwhatwassaidtome,andwasmorethanonceblamedbythemenforidlingmytime.Atlastthehourtoreturnaboardcame.Wemarcheddowntothebeach,andIfeltreliefforthefirsttimewhenmyfeetrestedontheschooner’sdeck.

           InthecourseoftheeveningIoverheardpartofaconversationbetweenthecaptainandthefirstmate,whichstartledmenotalittle.

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